New nanocomposite for flexible electronic devices in the offing

Researchers could overcome challenges like establishing electronic properties of materials and the reproducibility of nanocomposites

Hand-held device developed to detect bacteria

It could be useful for anti-bioterrorism measures and environmental monitoring applications besides healthcare

DoIT to provide subsidies for recycling e-wastes

New technique can make flexible electronics self-repairing too

Researchers claim the new technique is novel as it does not require rare materials or the addition of any complex circuitry

E-Waste Day: 82% of India's e-waste is personal devices

The first International E-Waste Day is being celebrated across 20 countries by 40 different organisations worldwide to raise awareness on e-waste …

Can an inventory help manage e-waste?

Better data on e-waste will help track the amount of e-waste generated, reduce e-waste, promote recycling and prevent illegal dumping and …

HFC phase down amendment favourable but not perfect

Questions around financing and acquisition of new generation fluoro-chemicals still remain

Ozone conundrum

Refrigeration and air-conditioning industry has switched to ozonefriendly hydrofluorocarbons. But these are super global warming gases and need …

Is safety the real concern?

Fear about safe use of natural refrigerants is more a political agenda and less a concern for safety

Smart grid's here

As India experiments with smart power grid, Ankur Paliwal explains how the technology functions

BIS to revisit safety standards on use of hydrocarbons in fridges and ACs

CSE had recommended amendments to a standard which would allow wider use of the refrigerant

Reviewing refrigeration standards

There is an urgent need to assess flammable refrigerants with changing technology

Defining High Ambient Temperature crucial to HFC phase-down

A population weighted effective temperature model is being recommended by experts at the 37th Open-Ended Working Group meeting in Geneva

A smart idea

Economic growth has unleashed an enormous appetite for home appliances among the Indian middle class. At their current level of energy efficiency,…

The gas game

Fluorocarbons, which created a hole in the ozone layer, have generated intense global debates. But these have been more about business than …

Chinese suplex

As China plays smart games in the business of rare earths, India braces itself to enter the fray

In-depth viewing

New stereoscopic systems hope to popularise 3D viewing again

Fine conductors

Ultra thin carbon wires may be the revolutionary form of wiring for miniature circuits

The lords voice

In cooler light

Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation, well... laser was, naturally, thought to be a superheater. But, soon it will be used as …

Identity? No more crisis

A new version of the memory cards could spell a radical shift in our notions of identity cards, passports or quite simply any kind of …

IEEE infuriates

Lend me your ears

Hitachi, the Japanese electronics corporation is admirably manipulating the wonders of science for the much ignored field of telecom for the deaf.…

Watch your step

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